Executive moves

Friday, June 28, 2013

David Phelps, the American Institute for International Steel’s long-time president, will retire Oct. 1.
He has led the organization for 17 years. AIIS is recognized as the only steel association that promotes free and responsible trade in steel and opposes protectionist barriers, including subsidies.
Prior to joining the AIIS, Phelps worked as a Customs and steel products consultant and served 15 years as an officer with the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) with responsibilities covering Customs, transportation and public policy issues affecting steel market development programs.

Shelby Harris has been named TITAN Salvage’s new director of marine operations in Asia.
TITAN, a unit of Crowley Maritime Corp., responds to large-scale domestic and international salvage and wreck removal projects.
Harris will be based out of the company’s Singapore office and equipment depot, a 45,000-square-foot site west of the city.
He joined TITAN in 1998 as a commercial diver shortly after graduating from the Divers Institute of Technology in Seattle. He quickly moved up the ranks to his current position as salvage master, which he assumed in 2004 after being part of more than a dozen large-scale projects.